Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30


interest 70 purchasers of her own choos-
ing.
Frank Williams, assistant ticket agent
at the MIN depot, returned lest nigh.
with his bride from TITO to Missouri, MS
Old home, His many friends IN thia city
welcome him nome
X w. Saedd, freight conductor on
the Missouri Pacific, well known in Fort
Worth. was slightly hurt in wreck near
Pilot Point yestel day. He IVES brought
here last night.
The general impression perysdjng rRil.
r0ad Circlss is that the Fort FFoT ana
RIO Grande will not stop at Ir2a0ury Tor
q longer time ;han is required hy the en-
gineers 20 locate the Eue to San Angelo.
The committee obtaining the right Of
way in Tarrsnt ard Daliss counties TOR
tie ST. Louis, Arkansas, snd Texas is
s III hard 81 work. Yesterday they mad q
meeting with those who went on the wight
Of way bond.
If the Afchison, Topeka and Santa Te
has bought the s.. LoTis and San F1sn-
cisco there is more reason taan ever for it
10 build from Farmersvii!c 20 Fort Worth,
and Il it has not there is every reason why
il should build the line.
Coutractor Hughes forces we're eug-
mented yesterday by s number of trains
and men from the Santa Fe. Weather
ford lire having completed their work
there. 3 ginning Monday, the work into
the city on the Fort Worth and Rio
Grardc viii be pushed With g viii.
Tfatklayirg on the Fort Worth and
Rio GTande from SCullyv}Ne TO Fort
Worth will begin as soon rs the grading
is completed to the yard limits. Several
miles CT side tracks will be cid in the
comrany's yards as soon a3 the mar.
track is dOwn Work on TIE cCmpauy's
buildings gees steadily Gu.
The letter % "Cluzen" to the Sherman
Register, published this morning, sets
forth strongly what the s.. Leuis, Arksn-
sas and Texas would gain by building az
air lina from Sherman 10 Fort Worth
The line IS set forth by him would make
something Of railroad town ous Of
G ,Gncv,ne, She coming commercial
center Of the northeastern part Of Tarr1n:
Couny.
Suaerint. ndent 5. Z. Judy of the Rio
Grande division of the Texas and Pacific
vas IN Fort Worth Yesterday, ana says
beginning Monday, the company Will lo4C
200 tons daY Of coal at the johnson
mines near Strawn. Steam viii DE sab
stituted for horse power in getting To,
coal from the pits. The company vii
use TINS c)al altogether from this time
on.
The Missouri Pacific, the Fort WORT
and Denver, the st. Loui Arkansas an(
Texas and the Texas and Picilic are stool
/ holders in the Fort Worth Union Stock
/ yards Railroad companies know goot
thing when they see it. 1t Is said tina
/ the Fort Worth and RIO Grande snd For
| Worth and New Orleans will become IL
J terested in the company as soon as organ
! iZad Stock will be reserved for o,he
railroad companies desiring to come in
THE GAZETTE has frequently mentioned
! the project of building an sir line con
Meeting Sherman and Fort Worth. Sler
man papers are now advocating this lin
too, as the following, taken from tn
Sherman Register, will show: The Reg
lister mas, from time to time, urged tn
necessity of 8 concerted action rela i've L
building an "air line" between Sherman
and Fort Worth. Rasd the communlca
ton from "Citizen:"
Sherman, July 25.-Editor Register
From Sherman to Fort Worth via Dalla
is ninety-six miles; through on the Al
Line via Grapevine is seventy-thre
miles; saving Of twenty-three miles.
From Sherman TO Fort Worth vi
Whitesboro is ninety miles; via the al
Line it is seventy-three miles; saving {
seventeen miles. On with the road.
The 81. L 0uis, Arkansas and Texas
, building to Fort Worth from Commerce
via peviue-from Sherman to GRAY,
vine is but fifty miles. Does it not loo
reasonable 30 think the company woul
FL this gap? 1t goes through the fine.
a country IN Texas and is uuoccupied.
Lie is too short TO go via Dallas 1
Whltesb0ro to Fort Worth. On with Il
, Air Line.
The St. Louis, Arkansas and Tex>
: Railroad is now, and has been for the pa
two years, doing everything in its pows
to build Independent and selt-sustainir
, lines in Texas. Now, there is not Il
least doubt in the minds OF the peopl
, and of course csn be none VITA the rsi
: road, that 8 railroad running ovt
the territory set forth above will be
j, paying institution from the very first. ST
. there IS then no reason why it should n
: be listened to with great deal Of i
: terest. The esp of fifty miles betwet
Sherman and Grapevine would be easi
n built, and st least ten miles of it utiliz,
4 by the Sherman and Abilene branch
!, we'll as by the "Air Line" Busine
: men and all interested in Sherman shcu
agitate 1t.
Gainesville Roads
= Special to the Gazette.
d GAINESVILLE, TEX July 29.-Aoo
e 400 men who have been engaged in So
J. facing and construction work on Il
o Santa Fe in the Territory will be di